Denton v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The probate court being with respect to the subject involved one of general jurisdiction, the failure of the record to show affirmatively the existence of facts necessary to the jurisdiction undertaken to be exercised is not sufficient to defeat it upon a collateral attack; in case the record is merely silent the presumption is that the jurisdictional facts existed. (23 Cyc. 1078.)” (p. 294.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chamberlin v. Thorne

2. ““While probate courts are sometimes spoken of as courts of limited jurisdiction, they have jurisdiction over certain peculiar, exclusive subjects, and their jurisdiction is limited only in the sense that it is confined to the particular subject matter, but within their province they are courts of general jurisdiction. (Parnell v. Thompson, 81 Kan. 119, 132 , 105 Pac. 502 .)””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State ex rel. Baird v. Anderson

3. ““If a showing with respect to the child’s father was needed, it was supplied by a recital in a paper filed by the mother at the time of the proceedings that the child had no known relatives except herself.” (p. 294.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chamberlin v. Thorne